Timeline March 1820

Events in March 1820 4

• 1738 – 1820 Benjamin West (1738-1820) Died 11 March 1820, aged 81 West was an American-born painter who became history painter to King George III and the second president of the Royal Academy in London. His history paintings, including The Death of General Wolfe, influenced a generation of artists.
• 1820 Liberal revolt forces restoration of Spain's 1812 constitution Riego's uprising begins the Trienio Liberal Colonel Rafael del Riego led an army revolt at Cabezas de San Juan against King Ferdinand VII's absolutist rule. Facing widespread unrest, the king agreed in March to restore the liberal Constitution of 1812, opening a three-year constitutional period.
• 1820 Missouri Compromise enacted US Congress restricts slavery's expansion into the Louisiana Purchase territory Congress agreed to admit Missouri as a slave state while barring slavery north of the 36°30′ parallel in the remaining Louisiana Purchase lands. The compromise, brokered largely by Henry Clay, postponed sectional conflict over slavery for a generation.
• 1820 Maine admitted as the 23rd US state Separated from Massachusetts under the Missouri Compromise Maine entered the Union as a free state on 15 March 1820, balancing the admission of Missouri as a slave state. It had been part of Massachusetts since colonial times.